Carlo Calenda’s photojournalist daughter on her way to the Ukrainian border to carry a load of aid. Does the name Tay mean peace? “My mother put it on me, but I’m not sure”
Ready? Tay Calenda, look, your dad Carlo is very worried, he didn’t know anything about his trip to Ukraine and he tweeted very alarmed
“I know, I know, I heard him on the phone now, I reassured him. But my grandmother Cristina (Cristina Comencini, the director, ed) is even more anxious, he has just written me a text message: don’t go to Kiev … “
And she?
“I swore to you that I will stop at the border, now I’m in Krakow, I left Lyon in a van where I joined a couple of French friends, Lou and Louis. We bring aid to Korczowa in Poland where those from Intersos are waiting for us. And maybe then we also go to Medyka, where there is a refugee camp, near the border with Ukraine. I will document this great wave of human solidarity with my photos ».
And won’t it cross over?
“No, I don’t have the necessary preparation to go to a war theater, I’d be crazy to do it, even if there I would find authentic myths for me as a photojournalist, from Emilio Morenatti to Lynsey Addario”.
Two Pulitzer Prizes.
“How much would I pay to be their assistant. But I’m not ready for war yet. ‘
Dad will be happy. Why didn’t he warn him?
«It happened that last night after a very long journey, in Krakow we met some vans with Italians on board who were also bringing help. So I got excited and in a rush of patriotism I took pictures and posted them on Instagram. I was tired, sleepy and I didn’t think of telling my dad first who found out by watching social media ».
The keyboard lions immediately scolded him: they said that Carlo neglects his daughter.
“It’s not true.
He always encourages me, he is very nice to me, he is my first fan, even if he is tired of having lived in Paris for years, he would like me to return to Rome at all costs, he said that sooner or later he will send the army to pick. But I have my job in Paris and I’m also engaged. “
Just in Paris almost two years ago her father got another scare, when she ended up in the middle of a demonstration and got beaten by the police. Yellow vests?
“No, it was a protest for freedom of the press against the government squeeze. I was taking pictures, my gas goggles fell off, I saw nothing, I ended up in the middle of a charge and the shot came. It was my mistake, the police were doing their job. ‘
And what do you think of the ongoing war? Are you an equidistant pacifist?
“I think about rescuing people who are fleeing, we need to help the refugees and put an end to the conflict immediately, that’s what I think, I don’t know how, it’s not for me to say. Now I am just preparing myself psychologically for the encounter with the Ukrainian people fleeing Putin, with their pain. It will be heartbreaking. For this we need help: we in our small way in France have collected 3,500 euros of aid, food, medicines even a generator but who knows if it will be needed since there is now no fuel. This war will be long and then it will be necessary to replace the volunteers, to find more money. It will be a very tough challenge ».
But you have the right name to get closer to Ukraine. Her name is Tay which means peace. No?
“My mother, who is called Sulay after a Venezuelan princess, is convinced of it. However, it was she who was Italian who gave me this name, but I didn’t find it in any dictionary. But we need peace ».
March 10, 2022 (change March 10, 2022 | 20:30)
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